Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

[Jonathan Ashton]

I went to Hoylake beach at high tide on 16th March to see remaining waders/shorebirds, not a single one was there! I thought no point in wasting the opportunity of getting another Snow bunting so here goes.
Hand held image
Olympus E-M1X
Lens focal length : 600 mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 1202.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 2000
Exposure compensation : +1.3 EV
Shutter : 1/800 sec
Aperture : F8

ACR/TopazDNAI/PSCC

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jon ... the walk was finally fruitful .
Nice simple image . Nice pose and the soft light and muted tones working well . Good to see all the details .... specially in the eye

There is bit room in the histogram on the LHS to play with .... if you like ! And you could try to give the rock a bit more depth to make it stand out a bit more ....

Nice one

TFS Andreas

[Jack Backs]

Nice pose, perch and composition. The bird, particularly the head, looks a little soft to me.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch, complimentary BG and composition. If mine I would tone down the bright part in the upper BG as it draws my eye a bit. Nice image Jon.